Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this program! I’m getting ready to start this program with my kiddo next month and was struggling with a few uncertainties about the format. You’ve clarified everything I’ve been struggling with! I truly appreciate you taking the time to break down your process. On a completely different note, you and your daughter have the same beautiful smile! Thank you for brightening my morning! God bless!
Your daughter is delightfully confident and your review was so enthusiastic 😊. Thank you. I’m looking for my nine year old daughter who loves to write and has been frustrated by her spelling errors. I want to get out of the pattern we are in of me always pointing them out or being her editor. I think she will really enjoy the independent nature of this program, the challenge and visual progress. Thanks for sharing.
You are very welcome Tirzah-Marie. So glad it gave you some good information. We love Phonetic Zoo. And the independence it gives the student when working on spelling eases the errors and encourages quick recall to correcting if errors are made. No condemnation in spelling any more. Thank the Lord. Thanks for checking out my channel Tirzah-Marie. Be blessed.
I was on the fence about this and your video has made me sold! Also knowing the age of your child and you are going to use it through highschool. You have answered all my concerns. This was the best review I've watched. Thank you so much!
You will be thrilled you used it. I love this spelling program...and my student loves the jndependence... she is owning it!!! That's a win-win right there!
Over and over, we return to IEW products because Andrew Pudewa knows what he is doing. These products work for all stages of learning ability and they enforce excellent thinking skills. I have graduated two children using IEW's curricula and they are both confident and eloquent writers. They have both been published in different formats. This is a good review of Phonetic Zoo. Your enthusiasm is a blessing! Keep up the good work, mama!
Wow. I just found your channel because I’m looking for a spelling program for my kiddo who struggles. I was thinking, “Wow. This lady’s voice is incredible! I could listen to her all day.” And then I searched your channel and... 🤯
Jessica...sorry I am so late replying to your comment. Please forgive my delay. I pray that since it's been 1 month you are feeling much better about phonetic zoo and your student is enjoying the independent work of the curriculum. I would love to hear your thoughts.
I have been researching new spelling programs for my 10 year old. Spell to Write and Read is what we tried first and it's just not working. You make a good argument for this curriculum. I think we'll try it.
It's truly a fun and creative way to motivate and teach spelling. Im glad my video blesses you. Be sure to check out Pudewa's video "What is Spelling". It will give even more understanding as to why the Phonetic Zoo platform and format for teaching spelling.
Could you please provide a calendar and sort of place this into a mapped out plan. It's excellent and thank you so much just in addition do a pacing guide for your brillance please !
New subscriber! I love your enthusiasm and clarity of presenting. I am strongly considering this program now because of your review. Do you continue to use it? God bless you and your homeschool! :)
I loved watching your video, I only wish that I could read backwards so that I could see your zoo and wordlists. The way you have scaffolded the instruction and the program is not an easy task but you have done it seamlessly. Do you have any videos explaining the main IEW Structure and Style or Fairy tales unit? I would love to watch it if you do!
Live2teach, I am sorry, I did that video in selfie mode and didn't realize the consequence of the mirrored video until all was said and done...That was a novice decision on my part. I will share with you where I got my word lists from...We are a Classical Conversations family and my daughter was in Essentials when I made this video. The Language Arts curriculum is Essentials of the English Language (EEL) and that curriculum include vocabulary words from the writing exercise. Well I pulled all the vocab cards from EEL workbook and sorted them into groups of 16 words. When it came time to do our "personal words" for Phonetic Zoo Spelling, I pre-recorded my reciting the EEL Vocab words as my daughter's spelling lessons. I emulated the exact format that is done by the narrator, and made my daughter's personal word lists into an independent spelling lesson, and she loved that it was mommy's voice teaching her lessons every time she came to personal words. That way she could still have autonomy with the spelling and Mommy could get other things done. I hope that helps.
Hello. Thank you for video. I really enjoy! I have a concern. Is the program include digraph, consonants, syllables, cvc,cvvc, etc. Or its just the basic meaning program does not go in depth. Hope i did not confuse you. God bless
It is spelling and spelling only. It is based on roat method, repeating and repeating again, and that's because English spelling does NOT follow the rules of spelling often, and many words' spelling need to be put to memory because the rules simply do not apply to them. There are some cute general rules for each set of words tested, but, again, those rules just do not apply to many of the English romance language words. I hope this helps you. There are no diagraphs or diagrams, nor any other visuals. There are word patterns that the vocab is grouped in and jingles, like I mentioned above. That is all. But, that truly is all you need! It's a great program for learning English spelling.
I was an Essentials tutor before I started directing Challenge in our CC community. And its been 3 years since I have been in Essentials and I still love it. I think it teaches so many more skill sets for writing than I have ever experienced as a student so many years ago, and when I ask brick and mortar students about writing, I sense many of them are not getting any writing training remotely close to the caliber of IEW. My daughter is a writer and now in Challenge B (which we just finished) we used IEW for all the research papers. I love IEW's methodology for teaching writing. And now, in Challenge, for longer sources, we use LTW (lost tools for writing) along with the IEW skills, they work wonderful together, especially for Exposition. I am very much a proponent for both of curriculums for writing, and the phonetic zoo is the perfect complement spelling program. They prepare a student well for the rigors of college papers. Are you using IEW now as well?
@@feleciaredd5625 no I am not using either program. Seriously thinking of switching over. My granddaughter is a rising 5th grader and so far nothing we have tried seems to fit well.
@@creatingcommunity7022 I will look for my Essentials Video, where I explain how I do IEW. We just had homeschool conference last week and I got a picture with Andrew Pudewa. It was great. If I cannot find that video I will film another quick how I did IEW.
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on this program! I’m getting ready to start this program with my kiddo next month and was struggling with a few uncertainties about the format. You’ve clarified everything I’ve been struggling with! I truly appreciate you taking the time to break down your process. On a completely different note, you and your daughter have the same beautiful smile! Thank you for brightening my morning! God bless!
Thank you so much. Your kind words bless me. I am glad you were able to gain clarity from my video. Be blessed.
Your daughter is delightfully confident and your review was so enthusiastic 😊. Thank you. I’m looking for my nine year old daughter who loves to write and has been frustrated by her spelling errors. I want to get out of the pattern we are in of me always pointing them out or being her editor. I think she will really enjoy the independent nature of this program, the challenge and visual progress. Thanks for sharing.
You are very welcome Tirzah-Marie. So glad it gave you some good information. We love Phonetic Zoo. And the independence it gives the student when working on spelling eases the errors and encourages quick recall to correcting if errors are made. No condemnation in spelling any more. Thank the Lord. Thanks for checking out my channel Tirzah-Marie. Be blessed.
Came back to watch with my little guy. He loves the zoo and would love to see a picture of it updates with all the animals she’s earned. 😊
I will have to get our zoo out again and share it on here. 10th grade now and work is wonderful and in abundance!
BEST video I have seen by far on this curriculum!! 🥳🥳🥳
Thank you so much. I'm glad this video was a help to you. Phonetic zoo and all the IEW products are top notch in my opinion.
Thanks so much for doing this video. Very helpful. Seriously considering switching over to IEW for spelling and writing. God bless ❤
You are welcome. Blessings to you as well, in Jesus name.
Thank you so much. This was a fantastic explanation of this program. I love the idea of recording your personal words.
I was on the fence about this and your video has made me sold!
Also knowing the age of your child and you are going to use it through highschool. You have answered all my concerns.
This was the best review I've watched. Thank you so much!
You will be thrilled you used it. I love this spelling program...and my student loves the jndependence... she is owning it!!! That's a win-win right there!
Over and over, we return to IEW products because Andrew Pudewa knows what he is doing. These products work for all stages of learning ability and they enforce excellent thinking skills. I have graduated two children using IEW's curricula and they are both confident and eloquent writers. They have both been published in different formats. This is a good review of Phonetic Zoo. Your enthusiasm is a blessing! Keep up the good work, mama!
Also, may I encourage you to look at Charlotte Mason's principles of education? You might really enjoy learning about her. Blessings to you.
Thanks Kristi, I completely agree...Pudewa and the IEW curriculum are second to known. They make me a better writer...as I redeem my own education!
Wow. I just found your channel because I’m looking for a spelling program for my kiddo who struggles. I was thinking, “Wow. This lady’s voice is incredible! I could listen to her all day.” And then I searched your channel and... 🤯
Thank you Britt...your comment and your kind words made me chuckle. I am glad you enjoyed my video. Are you a Classical Conversations family?
Y’all are great 😂! Thank you for this authentic review video. We recently got this and I was feeling a bit overwhelmed.
Jessica...sorry I am so late replying to your comment. Please forgive my delay. I pray that since it's been 1 month you are feeling much better about phonetic zoo and your student is enjoying the independent work of the curriculum. I would love to hear your thoughts.
I love your passion for teaching. Thanks for the encouragement.
Thank you. I do love it...wish I got that revelation a long time ago!!! God is good. Now is the time! Amen. Thank you again.
I have been researching new spelling programs for my 10 year old. Spell to Write and Read is what we tried first and it's just not working. You make a good argument for this curriculum. I think we'll try it.
That's great. I believe you will be pleased with the curriculum and how your 10 year old enjoys the learning spelling using it.
Love this so much beautiful sister 🥰 I am going to pick this up . Shalom Shalom
It's truly a fun and creative way to motivate and teach spelling. Im glad my video blesses you. Be sure to check out Pudewa's video "What is Spelling". It will give even more understanding as to why the Phonetic Zoo platform and format for teaching spelling.
@@feleciaredd5625 Will do. I love IEW products. We are a former CC family. Shalom Shalom
I'm considering purchasing this. Your video is helpful.
Let me know how you like it. I pray it blesses your student and you. It blesses my homeschool efforts so much.
Thank you for this insight. It really helps me to decide.
Glad it was helpful!
You girls are cute!
Could you please provide a calendar and sort of place this into a mapped out plan. It's excellent and thank you so much just in addition do a pacing guide for your brillance please !
Thank you QUEEN!
New subscriber! I love your enthusiasm and clarity of presenting. I am strongly considering this program now because of your review. Do you continue to use it? God bless you and your homeschool! :)
I loved watching your video, I only wish that I could read backwards so that I could see your zoo and wordlists. The way you have scaffolded the instruction and the program is not an easy task but you have done it seamlessly. Do you have any videos explaining the main IEW Structure and Style or Fairy tales unit? I would love to watch it if you do!
Live2teach, I am sorry, I did that video in selfie mode and didn't realize the consequence of the mirrored video until all was said and done...That was a novice decision on my part. I will share with you where I got my word lists from...We are a Classical Conversations family and my daughter was in Essentials when I made this video. The Language Arts curriculum is Essentials of the English Language (EEL) and that curriculum include vocabulary words from the writing exercise. Well I pulled all the vocab cards from EEL workbook and sorted them into groups of 16 words. When it came time to do our "personal words" for Phonetic Zoo Spelling, I pre-recorded my reciting the EEL Vocab words as my daughter's spelling lessons. I emulated the exact format that is done by the narrator, and made my daughter's personal word lists into an independent spelling lesson, and she loved that it was mommy's voice teaching her lessons every time she came to personal words. That way she could still have autonomy with the spelling and Mommy could get other things done. I hope that helps.
Hello. Thank you for video. I really enjoy! I have a concern. Is the program include digraph, consonants, syllables, cvc,cvvc, etc. Or its just the basic meaning program does not go in depth. Hope i did not confuse you. God bless
It is spelling and spelling only. It is based on roat method, repeating and repeating again, and that's because English spelling does NOT follow the rules of spelling often, and many words' spelling need to be put to memory because the rules simply do not apply to them. There are some cute general rules for each set of words tested, but, again, those rules just do not apply to many of the English romance language words. I hope this helps you. There are no diagraphs or diagrams, nor any other visuals. There are word patterns that the vocab is grouped in and jingles, like I mentioned above. That is all. But, that truly is all you need! It's a great program for learning English spelling.
@@feleciaredd5625 Thank you 😊
Consecutive girlfriend! It makes a DIFFERENCE!
Is level A good for a 10 year old that can’t spell very well? I use abeka and the spelling words are to hard for me.
Do you also use IEW 's writing program? If so, how do you like it?
I was an Essentials tutor before I started directing Challenge in our CC community. And its been 3 years since I have been in Essentials and I still love it. I think it teaches so many more skill sets for writing than I have ever experienced as a student so many years ago, and when I ask brick and mortar students about writing, I sense many of them are not getting any writing training remotely close to the caliber of IEW. My daughter is a writer and now in Challenge B (which we just finished) we used IEW for all the research papers. I love IEW's methodology for teaching writing. And now, in Challenge, for longer sources, we use LTW (lost tools for writing) along with the IEW skills, they work wonderful together, especially for Exposition. I am very much a proponent for both of curriculums for writing, and the phonetic zoo is the perfect complement spelling program. They prepare a student well for the rigors of college papers. Are you using IEW now as well?
@@feleciaredd5625 no I am not using either program. Seriously thinking of switching over. My granddaughter is a rising 5th grader and so far nothing we have tried seems to fit well.
@@creatingcommunity7022 I will look for my Essentials Video, where I explain how I do IEW. We just had homeschool conference last week and I got a picture with Andrew Pudewa. It was great. If I cannot find that video I will film another quick how I did IEW.